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About the Founder -Morihei Ueshiba
Morihei Ueshiba (referred to as O Sensei) was reputedly the greatest Martial Artist to have ever lived, holder of Master…
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Ibaraki, Iwama Dojo, Aiki Jinja (Shrine)
In 1942, supposedly because of a divine command, he longed to return to the farmlands. He had often said that…
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The creation of Aikido & the Kobuka
For the next year, many people sought Ueshiba's teaching, among them Tomiki Kenji (who went on to make his own…
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Hokkaido, Sokaku Takeda and Onisaburu De
It was during this time in Hokkaido that he met Sokaku Takeda, grandmaster of Daito-ryu Aiki Jutsu. After meeting Takeda…